Articles

On 14 November 2020, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Maj Gen Babar Iftikhar in a joint press conference unveiled a dossier allegedly containing ‘irrefutable evidence’ of I....

November 23, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , FATF , CPEC , ISPR , Qureshi , Jaish-e-Mohammad , Gilgit Baltistan , Pakistan Democratic Movement , Baloch groups , Nagrota

पाकिस्तान का लोकतांत्रिक प्रारंभ?

Dr Yatharth Kachiar, Research Associate, VIF Article

पाकिस्तान के विरोधी दलों ने पाकिस्तान लोकतांत्रिक आंदोलन (पीडीएम) के बैनर तले इमरान खान सरकार �....

November 20, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , पाकिस्तान। लोकतंत्र। सेना। नवाज शरीफ। इमरान खान। विरोधी । कराची। मानवाधिकार। पीटीआई

Redefining Two-Front War

Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.) Article

On taking over as COAS, Gen Bipin Rawat, in December 2016 had said: “The two-front is a real scenario… the army, navy and IAF are now jointly very much prepared for such an eventuality.” In his first press conference as COAS, Gen Manoj N....

November 03, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , China , Pakistan , Article , Pakistan , China , LoC , Information war , Cyber war , LAC , Eastern Ladakh , battle space , electromagnetic spectrum , multidomain

Terror Revelations from Pakistan

Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF Article

On 29 October Fawad Chaudhry, Minister for Science & Technology while speaking in the National Assembly, boasted that the Imran Khan government was responsible for the Pulwama attack in Jammu and Kashmir that had taken place in February 2019. The Pul....

November 02, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , Pakistan , Terrorism , NIA , JeM , ISPR , Pulwama , Fawad Chaudhury , Gen Bajwa , Pakistan Democratic Movement

चीन पाकिस्तान आर्थिक कोरिडोर का विखंडन- क्या यह व्यवहार्य है?

Aakriti Vinayak, Research Associate, VIF Article

कोविड-19 संकट ने पूरी दुनिया को चीन के साथ सहयोग और प्रतिस्पर्धा की नीतियों के पुनरावलोकन पर विव....

October 27, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , चाइना। बेल्ट एंड रोड इनीशिएटिव , सीपीईसी , ग्वादर , आर्थिक संकट , चाइना पाकिस्तान इकोनामिक कॉरिडोर , चीन की हिंस्रता।

Pakistan’s Democratic Opening?

Dr Yatharth Kachiar, Research Associate, VIF Commentary

Pakistan’s opposition parties under the banner of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) have unleashed a direct attack on Imran Khan Government and its military backers. After two rallies in Gujranwala and Karachi by PDM, Pakistan’s hybrid regime is....

October 23, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , Pakistan , democracy , Army , Nawaz Sharif , Imran Khan , Opposition , Karachi , Human Rights , PTI

Why the Revival of CPEC now?

Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

In international rhetoric, the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is often referred to as the crown jewel or the colossal blunder of China’s Belt and Road Initiative. These diametrically opposite assessments reflect the ambiguity and irrationa....

October 21, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Pakistan , Article , Afghanistan , CPEC , Imran Khan , Ladakh , Gilgit-Baltistan , Xinjiang , Hydel Power Projects , Chinese Military Base , Wakhan Corridor , CCCC , External Debt

Pakistan: Civil-Military Relations¹

Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF Article

Whatever be the constitutional position, one thing is clear that in the final analysis, political sovereignty in Pakistan resides … where the coercive power resides… which is the ultimate authority in the decision-making process in Pakistan. T....

October 08, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , Nawaz Sharif , Imran Khan , Gen Yaha Khan , JUI-F , Musharraf , PDM , PML-N , Quaid